News in Cheddar

James Heappey wins election

By Tim Lethaby

13th Dec 2019 | Local News

James Heappey is re-elected as the Conservative MP for the area

Conservative James Heappey, who was the Prime Minister's Private Secretary, has won the Wells election. He won 33,33 votes, a total of 54.4 per cent of the vote, an increase over the last election of four per cent, putting the Liberal Democrat candidate Tessa Munt into second place with 23,345 votes. His majority is 9,991.The results came earlier than expected, just moments before Boris Johnson won an overall majority. In third place Labour's Kama McKenzie got 4,034 votes, Independent Dave Dobbs won 373 votes and the Motherworld Party's Susie Quatermass had 207 votes. The turnout was 72.9 per cent.

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Police confirm investigations into Cheddar Foodbank break-in are ongoing

By Tim Lethaby

12th Dec 2019 | Local News

The scene at the Cheddar Foodbank following the break-in

Avon and Somerset Police have confirmed they are continuing to investigate the break-in at the Cheddar Foodbank earlier this week.

Overnight between Monday December 9 to Tuesday December 10, an unknown number of people forced they way into the foodbank storage container and stole a number of items, including lots of chocolate, toilet rolls, toiletries, a mobile phone, paperwork and a small amount of cash.

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